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This paper provides a brief overview of the 40 years of study and effort to regulate mercury in the U.S. The actions of several states that have moved independently of the federal process may serve as models for the new… View Summary +
This paper provides a brief overview of the 40 years of study and effort to regulate mercury in the U.S. The actions of several states that have moved independently of the federal process may serve as models for the new… View Summary +
This document is the discussion draft version of power sector climate policy options for China, including revisions to existing policies, policies in use internationally but not in China, and innovative reforms that fit China’s conditions. View Summary +
This document is the discussion draft version of power sector climate policy options for China, including revisions to existing policies, policies in use internationally but not in China, and innovative reforms that fit China’s conditions. View Summary +
建设竞争性电力市场是什么意思?哪种竞争性电力市场适合中国?答案并不简单。竞争性电力市场有多种存在形式。对竞争性市场的讨论,通常关注批发竞争与零售竞争的区别。这可能会将问题和选择简单化。佛蒙特州是通过结构调整,整合市场和计划最佳优点的范例之一。中国十分关注提高能效、改善环境和发展可再生资源,因此,佛蒙特州、明尼苏达州和加利福尼亚州的实践经验会对中国有现实的借鉴意义。这些州发现,综合资源规划为公共事业公司提供了一个框架,公共事业公司可以在这个框架下综合考虑能够满足能源需求的诸多资源组合。… View Summary +
This paper explains how Vermont’s utilities make complementary use of markets and the integrated resource planning process to meet their needs, and describes the benefits of both. View Summary +
建设竞争性电力市场是什么意思?哪种竞争性电力市场适合中国?答案并不简单。竞争性电力市场有多种存在形式。对竞争性市场的讨论,通常关注批发竞争与零售竞争的区别。这可能会将问题和选择简单化。佛蒙特州是通过结构调整的重要决策整合市场和计划最佳优点的范例之一。中国关注能效、环境改善和可再生资源,因此,佛蒙特州、明尼苏达州和加利福尼亚州的实践经验,很能会很有借鉴意义。这些州发现,综合资源规划为公共事业公司提供一个框架,公共事业公司可以在这个框架内考虑满足能源需求的诸多资源. View Summary +
En esta edición de Issuesletter, se examinan los posibles valores de la red eléctrica inteligente para los consumidores y se recomiendan políticas que los organismos reguladores de servicios públicos. View Summary +
In 2007, the Minnesota legislature enacted a new statute, Section 216B.2412, in which it defined an alternative approach to utility regulation, decoupling, and directed the PublicUtilities Commission (PUC) to “establish criteria and standards” by which decoupling could be adopted for… View Summary +
China’s power sector is in the midst of a transition from a vertically integrated, state-owned monopoly to an unbundled, market-oriented industry with many of the characteristic of reformed power sectors in other parts of the world. View Summary +
This Issuesletter focuses on how cap-and-trade systems for carbon need to be different from those currently used under the Clean Air Act for other air emissions. View Summary +
This IssuesLetter focuses on how cap-and-trade systems for carbon need to be different from those currently used under the Clean Air Act for other emissions. View Summary +
This Issuesletter focuses on how cap-and-trade systems for carbon need to be different from those currently used under the Clean Air Act for other air emissions. View Summary +
In this order, the Arkansas Public Service Commission elects to engage a facilitator for the collaborative process to develop rules or guidelines governing the implementation of conservation and energy efficiency programs. Mr. Richard Sedano of The Regulatory Assistance Project is… View Summary +
This Issuesletter examines the regulatory and financial disincentives to utility investment in energy efficiency: lost revenues and profits from sales not made, diversion from other profit-making opportunities, and restrictions on program cost recovery. View Summary +